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Mumtaz Ali
Mumtaz Ali was an Indian dancer and character actor in Hindi cinema from the 1940s to 1970s. He was the father of ace Indian comedian Mehmood. He even had his own dance troupe "Mumtaz Ali Nites" which performed all over India. His career slumped due to his excessive drinking & his family fell into hard times, leading to his son Mehmood to work as a child artist & daughter Minoo Mumtaz to work as dancer in his stage shows & later movies.
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Kunwara Baap (1974)
Directed by Mehmood Ali
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Mehmood Ali, Sanjeev Kumar, Bharathi Vishnuvardhan, Lalita Pawar, Aachi Manorama, Nazir Hussain
Rating71%
Bharathi plays an deserted wife to (Vinod Mehra). She abandons her newly born son outside of a temple where he is rescued by a rikshawala (Mehmood). The boy develops polio and the rikshawala feels guilty after a doctor (Sanjeev Kumar) admonishes him. He takes care of the boy and loves him as his own. In the mean time, the boy's real-life parents reconcile and turn to a police officer (Vinod Khanna) for help in finding their missing son. when they find their child the rikshawala does not want to give him up. The policeman urges him to do, as the wealthy parents can pay for an operation that can help the boy walk again. He does sorrowfully. But the boy comes back with his parents to see the rikshawala die. The film ends with Mehmood, the actor, getting up and explaining to the audience that his death was for the camera, but polio is real and deadly and that people should get their children vaccinated.
Dil Deke Dekho (1959)
Directed by Nasir Husain
Actors Shammi Kapoor, Asha Parekh, Sulochana, Rajendra Nath, Raj Mehra, Surendra
Rating70%
Neeta is an heiress, the only daughter of U.K. based Industrialist, Jagat Narayan. She is of marriageable age, and is being wooed by Kailash, Chandra, and Raja. She prefers Chandra over Kailash and Raja, but subsequently changes her mind and falls in love with Raja. Things take a dramatic turn when Jagat and Neeta find out that Raja is not who is claims he is. When Raja defends himself, and calls himself Roop, his very own mother denies this claim, and instead states that Chandra is Roop, her only son. Raja alias Roop must now make attempts to prove himself, and realizes that this is indeed an uphill task.
Nirala (1950)
Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance
Actors Dev Anand, Madhubala, Mazhar Khan, Leela Mishra, Yakub, Mumtaz Ali
Roles Rani
Rating60%
Hamari Baat (1943)
Genres Drama
Actors Devika Rani, Suraiya, David Abraham, Paidi Jairaj, Raj Kapoor, Mumtaz Ali
Jhoola (1941)
Directed by Gyan Mukherjee
Actors Leela Chitnis, Ashok Kumar, Mumtaz Ali
Rating66%
A young widow called Kamala (Aruna Devi) approaches the new zamindar of her village to waive off the land tax as she is in financially straitened circumstances. She is called for a private audience with him, where she is surprised to discover that the new zamindar is none other than Mahesh (Shah Nawaz), her one time lover. Mahesh inquires about her late husband out of curiosity, only to discover to his surprise that she never married. Having considered him her husband, she pretended to be a widow to avoid being forced into marriage against her will.
Izzat (1937)
, 2h24Actors Devika Rani, Ashok Kumar, Mumtaz Ali
Rating62%
The Marathas and the Bhils have been living in peace and mutual respect for a period of twenty-five years, due to the efforts of the two chiefs, the Maratha Patel and the Bhil chief Maruti. The Maratha Patel's son died at a young age and his nephew, Balaji, is being considered by the Patel to replace him. However, Balaji is against any sort of cordial relationship with the Bhils, and opposes any favourable treatment given to them. This upsets the Patel, who falls ill. He realises the consequence of Balaji succeeding him and regrets his decision made earlier to that effect. He wants to send a message to the Diwan (Chief Minister) that Balaji should not become the Patel following his death. The letter is intercepted by Balaji. The old chief dies, making Balaji the new Patel.
Jeevan Prabhat (1937)
, 2h24Actors Devika Rani, Mumtaz Ali, Kishore Sahu
Roles Nandlal
Set in a village, a young Brahmin couple Nandlal (Mumtaz Ali) and Uma (Devika Rani) are unable to have any children. The husband plans to take another wife, Padma. Ramu (Kishore Sahu) belongs to the potters family where Uma normally spent most of her time before marriage. The friendship has been frowned upon as Ramu is from the Harijan caste. Nandlal sends Uma to her father's house, where she renews her friendship with Ramu. Nandlal sees Uma talking to Ramu (Kishore Sahu). While at her father's house, Uma discovers that she is pregnant. Misunderstandings arise when Nandlal gets suspicious about Uma and Ramu, but all is set right by Padma, Nandlal's second wife. She clears Uma's name, and gets Nandlal and Uma together before walking out of their lives.
Savitri (1937)
, 2h16Themes Films based on mythology, Films about religion
Actors Devika Rani, Ashok Kumar, Mumtaz Ali
Savitri is born as a boon from the Sun God, to Ashwapati, the King of Madra and his wife Malawi. Savitri meets and falls in love with Satyavan, the son of the blind King Dumatasena. Dumtasena's Minister has taken over his kingdom and exiled the king, who now lives in the forest. When Savitri decides to marry Satyavan, the sage Narada advices against it, as according to the planetary charts, Satyavan will die a year following their marriage. However, Savitri insists on going ahead, ready to take on Yama the God of death. A year later when Savitri sees Yama carrying Satyavan's soul she follows and discourses with him, while cotinuing her pursuit. Finally, Yama tells her she can ask three boons of him except for Satyavan's life. The boons Savitri asks for are: sight for her father-in-law and restoration of his kingdom, her father should be granted a hundred sons, and last, she be granted a hundred sons. Yama gives in to her request, thereby restoring Satyavan's life. Her father-in-law's sight is restored and he learns of the death of his usurper.
Untouchable Girl (1936)
, 2h22Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Ashok Kumar, Devika Rani, Pramila, Mumtaz Ali
Rating63%
Pratap (Ashok Kumar) and Kasturi (Devika Rani) are childhood friends, deeply in love with each other. Unfortunately, Pratap is a Brahmin and Kasturi an untouchable (achhut). Social mores of the time (the movies is set in the distant past, probably before 1900) preclude any possibility of the two ever uniting.